Posted on August 25, 2008 by theriverchurch
The River Church
“God, why does So-and-So get to hear You in an audible voice, and I never do? I could sure use an audible voice sometimes!”
I was going through a time of feeling insecure about my ability to hear God well, and I was frustrated because I needed some guidance. It would have been so [...]
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Posted on August 18, 2008 by theriverchurch
The River Church
It happens to all of us. Negative circumstances pile up, and although we do our best to stay victorious, we feel discouragement pounding on the doors and windows of our soul, trying to get in. What’s a Christian to do?
When we are tempted to give way to discouragement, one of the biggest defenses [...]
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Posted on August 11, 2008 by theriverchurch
The River Church
God has been reminding me lately of the many ways in which we are, and are called to be, the head and not the tail. Deuteronomy 28:13 says that we will be exactly this if we obey God in everything.
What is obedience? One aspect of it is stepping out when God says “Step [...]
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Posted on August 4, 2008 by theriverchurch
The River Church
And this is what the LORD has said about the Assyrian emperor: He will not enter this city or shoot a single arrow against it. No soldiers with shields will come near the city, and no siege mounds will be built around it. He will go back by the same road he came, [...]
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